Growth Metrics

HCA Healthcare (HCA) Debt Ratio (2010 - 2026)

HCA Healthcare (HCA) reported Debt Ratio of 0.78 for Q1 2026, up 4.84% year-over-year from 0.75 in Q1 2025, and up 2.07% on a QoQ basis from 0.77 in Q4 2025.

HCA Healthcare (HCA) has 17 years of Debt Ratio data on file, last reported at 0.78 in Q1 2026.

  • Quarterly Debt Ratio rose 4.84% year-over-year to 0.78 in Q1 2026, while the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 was 0.78 (up 4.84% YoY) and the FY2025 annual result came in at 0.77, up 5.9% from the prior year.
  • Debt Ratio advanced to 0.78 in Q1 2026 per HCA's latest filing, from 0.77 in the prior quarter.
  • Across five years, Debt Ratio topped out at 0.78 in Q1 2026 and bottomed at 0.7 in Q4 2023.
  • The 5-year median for Debt Ratio is 0.73 (2023), against an average of 0.73.
  • The widest annual swing landed in 2022, when Debt Ratio advanced 12.39%; it then decreased 4.28% in 2024.
  • Tracing HCA's Debt Ratio over 5 years: stood at 0.73 in 2022, then declined by 3.02% to 0.7 in 2023, then gained by 2.65% to 0.72 in 2024, then gained by 5.9% to 0.77 in 2025, then grew by 2.07% to 0.78 in 2026.
  • Per Business Quant, the three latest HCA Debt Ratio figures stand at 0.78 (Q1 2026), 0.77 (Q4 2025), and 0.74 (Q3 2025).

Historic Data

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DateValue
Mar 31, 2026 0.78
Dec 31, 2025 0.77
Sep 30, 2025 0.74
Jun 30, 2025 0.75
Mar 31, 2025 0.75
Dec 31, 2024 0.72
Sep 30, 2024 0.72
Jun 30, 2024 0.71
Mar 31, 2024 0.71
Dec 31, 2023 0.70
Sep 30, 2023 0.72
Jun 30, 2023 0.73
Mar 31, 2023 0.74
Dec 31, 2022 0.73
Sep 30, 2022 0.73
Jun 30, 2022 0.75
Mar 31, 2022 0.72
Dec 31, 2021 0.68
Sep 30, 2021 0.65
Jun 30, 2021 0.68
Mar 31, 2021 0.66
Dec 31, 2020 0.65
Sep 30, 2020 0.61
Jun 30, 2020 0.64
Mar 31, 2020 0.77
Dec 31, 2019 0.75
Sep 30, 2019 0.78
Jun 30, 2019 0.80
Mar 31, 2019 0.80
Dec 31, 2018 0.84
Sep 30, 2018 0.87
Jun 30, 2018 0.88
Mar 31, 2018 0.89
Dec 31, 2017 0.90
Sep 30, 2017 0.92
Jun 30, 2017 0.92
Mar 31, 2017 0.93
Dec 31, 2016 0.93
Sep 30, 2016 0.95
Jun 30, 2016 0.95
Mar 31, 2016 0.93
Dec 31, 2015 0.93
Sep 30, 2015 0.93
Jun 30, 2015 0.94
Mar 31, 2015 0.94
Dec 31, 2014 0.95
Sep 30, 2014 0.95
Jun 30, 2014 0.97
Mar 31, 2014 0.97
Dec 31, 2013 0.99
Sep 30, 2013 1.00
Jun 30, 2013 1.01
Mar 31, 2013 1.03
Dec 31, 2012 1.03
Sep 30, 2012 0.99
Jun 30, 2012 1.00
Mar 31, 2012 1.03
Dec 31, 2011 1.01
Sep 30, 2011 1.12
Jun 30, 2011 1.06
Mar 31, 2011 1.07
Dec 31, 2010 1.18